FARM BILL-CUT $9BILLION IN FOOD STAMPS; MOST IN CONGRESS MILLIONAIRES

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Farm Bill Could Cut $9 Billion in Food Stamps; Majority of Congress are Millionaires

  

   

The Senate is continuing negotiations on whether to extend the jobless benefits that expired last month. But talks appear to have hit an impasse with Republicans demanding an equal amount in cuts to government spending. Lawmakers are also negotiating over a new Farm Bill that will reportedly cut another $9 billion from food stamps over the next decade. The cuts would deprive more than 800,000 households of up to $90 in aid per month. That comes on top of the $5 billion in food stamp cuts imposed last year. As lawmakers seek to reduce aid for the poor and unemployed, a new study says that for the first ever, a majority of U.S. congress members are millionaires. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, at least 268 of 534 members of Congress were worth an average of $1 million in 2012.